I've always wanted to make my own joystick. I'll be at an event or convention, and I'll see some guy who has his own handmade rig, and I'll think to myself damn, that guy is for real. And while it's always gratifying to lay the smackdown on another with the standard controller, it has got to feel much better doing so with something you made by your own hand.
With some of these custom sticks I've seen lately, I've been motivated to create my own. More on that later. For now, check out these:
The first comes from Destructoid community member CAVE. His custom Ikaruga stick looks great. His blog says that it took two weeks of building and even more planning to put this sweet stick together. For those down with the lingo, it uses Seimitsu buttons and joystick, and Toodle's Cthulhu PCB for both PC and PS3 compatibility.
Destructoid's very own nilcam has modded what he calls The Zero Stick, and the end result looks fantastic. A hardcore Mega Man fan, nilcam chose Zero for the art for his custom rig, a mod of the Hori Real Arcade Pro 3. Blog entries detail the full progress, but there's no denying that the end result is sweet.
The final comes from PS3Maven, and is a Chun-Li Street Fighter IV in-tray kind of affair. It looks like a lot of work went into this. It's cool that the same device you play your games on could also hold a beer.
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7:20 PM on 02.05.2009
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I could offer some pointers when ya decide to make your own, but the pros at SRK know much more than I could ever know.
Also, that cool tray one looks like the ultimate arcade experience.
I've got a custom stick project underway too, I'll post a Cblog detailing the process once I'm done as I'm aiming for a Feb 20th deadline (for obvious reasons hehehe)
Right on dude, this stuff is like an underground art. So many crazy designs! This one will always boggle my mind, a guy named BigPockets designed this Akuma stick.
am i the first to notice the obvious placement of the chun li?
joystick chun li peep anyone?
...just sayin
Considering where the joystick is located on ChunLi that can be taken in two ways.
Here are some movies of the sticks a friend and i made.
And please take easy on me, because of the button layout. I know its not perfect, but we wanted it to be similiar to the SNES Pad. I guess i will make some chances until SF4 comes out.
Making of:
http://www.vimeo.com/2501893
Sticktest 1 (Yep, i sucked at that time :D)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9_HJgc-Fy
Sticktest 2 (contiunuing to suck)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylqKkQ1nWas
Friends Stick
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9_HJgc-Fy4